Psalms 7:2

In 11 translations

BSB

or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

KJV

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.none…: Heb. not a deliverer

WEB

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

ASV

Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

LSV

Lest he tear my soul as a lion, || Tearing, and there is no deliverer.

YLT

Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

DBY

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

DRC7:3

Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

GNV

Least he deuoure my soule like a lion, and teare it in pieces, while there is none to helpe.

JPS7:3

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

LXXE7:3

Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

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Original-language editions

WLC7:3

פֶּן־יִטְרֹ֣ף כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י פֹּ֝רֵ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃KJV:Ps.7.2

LXX-Br7:3

μή ποτε ἁρπάσῃ ὡς λέων τὴν ψυχήν μου, μὴ ὄντος λυτρουμένου, μηδὲ σώζοντος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
• 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
• Isaiah 38:13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
• Deuteronomy 33:20Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
• Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
• Psalms 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
• Hosea 13:7–8So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild…
• Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• Judges 18:28There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
• Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
• Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
• 2 Samuel 14:6And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

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